NYC, part 2

 

Our first night in NYC was spent mostly at River Cafe in Brooklyn, a charming restaurant that was recommended to us by my friend, Carrie. It's expensive, but we agreed this would be our super-splurge for the trip. This is Jim, me and Dale in the restaurant's beautiful gardens before our reservation. The men were required to wear jackets, and one diner who tried to take his off after he was seated at his table was told by the maitre'd to put it back on. He did.

 

The River Cafe is noted for its gorgeous view of the NY skyline. The city is across the East River from Brooklyn, so the point of River Cafe is to go around dusk to watch the lights as they come on. Our timing was perfect for this and we were lucky enough to get a table at the windows, although you can see the skyline from anywhere in the restaurant.

 

The Brooklyn Bridge. I shot this out the window from our table.

 

I've never had duck so I decided to go for it at a place where I figured they would do it well, which they did. This was duck leg in a white truffle honey and fennel pollen glaze with potato croquette, organic carrots and julienned bok choy.

 

 

Dale's dessert, a chocolate model of the Brooklyn Bridge.

 

Our crew.